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yeah dude, he ain't no NDon't forget Uncle Tom.To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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I bet he is smarter and more of a tactical leader than Powell.
I have no way of putting that into the national political context, though.
But Powell leaves me pretty cold as well...
Why?I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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I think having a Clark as VP for a Dean or Kerry ticket would be most beneficial to the Dems, and if they're lucky, America as a whole.
Sure, Clark is a military/diplomacy specialist, but then again, Cheney is a business specialist, with minimal 'people' skills (on the grand level); everybody's got their strengths and weaknesses.
Plus, with a former NATO Allied Commander involved, most other countries would be a lot more willing to snap into line.
I think Clark'd be a tops choice for VP.
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Why?oh and BTW, the Demo candidate that makes me puke is Dennis Kucinich... I might vote Green or move to Canada if he wins the D nomination."I wrote a song about dental floss but did anyone's teeth get cleaner?" -Frank Zappa
"A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue, but moderation in principle is always a vice."- Thomas Paine
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Increased domestic security alone is insufficient because it is impossible to completely prevent all terror attacks simply with domestic measures. The US is too big.Originally posted by Sava
Increased domestic security... gone after REAL threats to America.
What REAL threats are you thinking about? Are you saying that Afghanistan, a country harboring Bin Laden and the entire Al Queda organization with extensive training camps, was not a real threat?'There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way. The war we fight is not against powers and principalities, it is against chaos and despair. Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the death of dreams. Against this peril we can never surrender. The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.'"
G'Kar - from Babylon 5 episode "Z'ha'dum"Comment
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How about him as #1 and the weird-looking guy at #2? #2 can cover his ass on domestic issues.
And yes, I believe they'd beat bush.Comment
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Nah, you're talking about a 20-point spread the GOP enjoys concerning matters of national security. There's simply no candidate, no matter who, is going to topple bush in '04.
If the Iraq clusterf*ck gets worse, it might be a different story."Perhaps a new spirit is rising among us. If it is, let us trace its movements and pray that our own inner being may be sensitive to its guidance, for we are deeply in need of a new way beyond the darkness that seems so close around us." --MLK Jr.Comment
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He's a Washington weenie. Not an inspirational leader. Not a real advocate of some point of view. Plus I'm pretty skeptical and reserved about flags in general..Originally posted by DanS
I bet he is smarter and more of a tactical leader than Powell.
I have no way of putting that into the national political context, though.
But Powell leaves me pretty cold as well...
Why?Comment
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Not a real advocate of some point of view.
Well there is the 'Powell Doctrine'
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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The Lawyers that controle Washington always play off military men as morons. Clark will have to adress the Iraqi question and if it is a key enough concern then,it could mean alot of support. Consider also that it may change the way that existing and potential enemies view US leadership.
It has been argued that domestic security has not improved and how would that be measured,I would add that due to the patriot act and a emerging police state
I wonder who we are securing ourselves against ...ourselves?If the government does not presently have the power to secure the country then the country is insecurable and we don't need the government to protect us to the extreme that we are property of the State. Hmm...The world is a messy place, and unfortunately the messier it gets, the more work we have to do."Comment
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More wisdom from our resident jackass.Originally posted by Sava
[drooling cracker moron talk]
uhhhh support our president!
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Well, from one of them, at least.When all else fails, blame brown people. | Hire a teen, while they still know it all. | Trump-Palin 2016. "You're fired." "I quit."Comment
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The thing is that Clark has become just a media pundit. He goes on tv, and whatever he says is considered an "expert" opinion.
A lot of his "expert" opinions during the Iraq war, were actually very stupid. For example, Clarke said that Franks was incompetent. Now matter what you think of the politics of the war, you can't say that he was incompetent. That is just silly.'There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way. The war we fight is not against powers and principalities, it is against chaos and despair. Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the death of dreams. Against this peril we can never surrender. The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.'"
G'Kar - from Babylon 5 episode "Z'ha'dum"Comment
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In other words, he doesn't have a clue what he's talking about - he's just trying to guess at the 'right' answer.Originally posted by The diplomat
The thing is that Clark has become just a media pundit. He goes on tv, and whatever he says is considered an "expert" opinion.
A lot of his "expert" opinions during the Iraq war, were actually very stupid. For example, Clarke said that Franks was incompetent. Now matter what you think of the politics of the war, you can't say that he was incompetent. That is just silly.
Seems to be a theme in American Politics....A witty quote proves nothing. - VoltaireComment
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